3.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Radu Caragea <sinaelgl@xxxxxxxxx> commit 41aacc1eea645c99edbe8fbcf78a97dc9b862adc upstream. This is the updated version of df54d6fa5427 ("x86 get_unmapped_area(): use proper mmap base for bottom-up direction") that only randomizes the mmap base address once. Signed-off-by: Radu Caragea <sinaelgl@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-and-tested-by: Jeff Shorey <shoreyjeff@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michel Lespinasse <walken@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: Adrian Sendroiu <molecula2788@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c | 2 +- arch/x86/mm/mmap.c | 6 ++++-- include/linux/mm_types.h | 1 + 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static void find_start_end(unsigned long *begin = new_begin; } } else { - *begin = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE; + *begin = current->mm->mmap_legacy_base; *end = TASK_SIZE; } } --- a/arch/x86/mm/mmap.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/mmap.c @@ -112,12 +112,14 @@ static unsigned long mmap_legacy_base(vo */ void arch_pick_mmap_layout(struct mm_struct *mm) { + mm->mmap_legacy_base = mmap_legacy_base(); + mm->mmap_base = mmap_base(); + if (mmap_is_legacy()) { - mm->mmap_base = mmap_legacy_base(); + mm->mmap_base = mm->mmap_legacy_base; mm->get_unmapped_area = arch_get_unmapped_area; mm->unmap_area = arch_unmap_area; } else { - mm->mmap_base = mmap_base(); mm->get_unmapped_area = arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown; mm->unmap_area = arch_unmap_area_topdown; } --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h @@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ struct mm_struct { void (*unmap_area) (struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr); #endif unsigned long mmap_base; /* base of mmap area */ + unsigned long mmap_legacy_base; /* base of mmap area in bottom-up allocations */ unsigned long task_size; /* size of task vm space */ unsigned long cached_hole_size; /* if non-zero, the largest hole below free_area_cache */ unsigned long free_area_cache; /* first hole of size cached_hole_size or larger */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html